OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT

"Ozymandias of Egypt," by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). This
sonnet is a rebuke to the insolent pride of kings and empires. It
is extremely picturesque. It finds a place here because more elderly
scholars of good judgment are pleased with it. I remember an old
gray-haired scholar in Chicago who often recited it to his friends
merely because it touched his fancy.